BBC news 2011-07-19 加文本

短语讲解：

1. A second senior police officer has resigned in Britain in connection with the scandal over phone hacking and alleged corruption in the Rupert Murdoch newspaper empire.

in connection with与…有关,连同
例句：He was in detention in connection with the bribery affair.
他因与贿赂事件有牵连而被拘留了。

2. Assistant Commissioner John Yates stood down 24 hours after his boss, Britain's top police commander Paul Stephenson.

stand down放弃席位；引退
例句：The president has stand down after five year in office.
总统执政五年后已经引退。

3. Earlier, details had emerged of his links with a former News of the World journalist, who'd been hired as a media consultant for the Metropolitan Police. Meanwhile, David Cameron is leaving his tour of Africa early in order to deal with the ongoing crisis, and parliament is to delay its summer holiday too to discuss the matter further.

in order to为了
例句：We started early in order to arrive before dark.
为了在天黑前到达,我们很早就动身了。
deal with应付, 处理; 对待
例句：He must deal with many difficulties.
他必须应付许多困难。

4. Police said the death was currently being treated as unexplained but not thought to be suspicious.

treat as把...看作...
例句：They treat him as their brother.
他们把他当作兄弟。

5. Libyan rebels say they are largely in control of the key oil town of Brega after fighting in residential areas.

in control of控制,管理,掌握
例句：A teacher must be in control of his class. 
教员必须负责管好他的班。 

6. The rebels have been held back for four months, but since Thursday have been mounting wave after wave of attacks to try and dislodge the loyalist forces who were dug in.

hold back阻碍, 阻止
例句：They built dykes and dam to hold back the rising flood waters.
他们修筑了堤坝来阻挡上涨的洪水。
dig in全力以赴地做起来
The job won't take long if we all dig in.
如果我们都全力以赴, 这项工作花不了多少时间。

7. The footage recorded on a mobile phone shows the policemen lined up while a Pakistani Taliban commander accuses them of being enemies of Islam.

line up组织, 邀集; 排成一行
例句：Line up these men and see if the witness can recognize the criminal.
让这些人站成一排看看见证人能否从中把罪犯认出来。
accuse of指责, 控告
We accused him of taking bribes.
我们控告他受贿。

8. The American General John Allen has taken over as commander of international forces in Afghanistan from General David Petraeus, who's to be the new head of the CIA.

take over接管; 接替
例句：She took over his work after his departure.
他离开以后, 她接替了他的工作。

9. The Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said this was necessary to prevent the US from defaulting on its obligations.

prevent from阻止, 防止
例句：His prompt action prevented the fire from spreading.
他的果断行动制止了火势的蔓延。
default on拖欠…
例句：He defaulted on his payments for support of the child.
他拖欠孩子的抚养费。

10. The Venezuelan government says there is no doubt that President Hugo Chavez will stand for re-election next year despite the fact that he's undergoing cancer treatment in Cuba.

there is no doubt that毫无疑问
例句：There is no doubt that we will be successful.
毫无疑问我们会成功的。
stand for为…而奋斗; 拥护
例句：John always stands for what is right.
约翰一贯支持正确的事情。

11. The President-elect of Peru, Ollanta Humala, has called on members of his family to stop making comments in the media or trying to take advantage of their relationship with him. Mr Humala, who takes office next week, said the best way to help a president was to let him work.

call on要求, 请求, 号召
例句：He called on his friends to help him.
他向朋友求助。
take advantage of利用
例句：We should take advantage of this chance sufficiency.
我们应充分利用这一机遇。
take office就职
例句：When will the new President take office?
新总统什么时候就职。